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Non-farm employment in small-scale enterprises in Romania: policy and development issues
Davis, Junior; Gaburici, Angela - EconWPA - 2005
The aim of this paper is to summarise the results of a non-farm micro- enterprise survey in rural and peri-urban Romania and to examine their impact on the development of sustainable rural livelihoods. As these firms operate in fixed locations and are therefore more easily located and observed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118782
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Economic reform programmes, labour market institutions, employment and the role of the social partners in Namibia
Venditto, Bruno; Hanshom, Dirk; Ashipala, John - EconWPA - 2004
, and addresses the problems of the high poverty and extreme inequality of a dualistic economy which emanate from a mineral … social services to the privileged. Government policy is aimed at promoting growth and employment and reducing poverty and … acknowledgement of the fact that the problems of poverty and inequality can only be overcome in the context of economic growth. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550974
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Use of ICTs and the Economic Performance of SMEs in East Africa
Chowdhury, Shyamal; Wolf, Susanna - EconWPA - 2004
This paper assesses the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact on the economic performance of small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) of three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Findings of the paper suggest that the diffusion of ICT among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135042
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Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, and Canada-US Labor Market Integration
Wildasin, David E. - EconWPA - 2003
This paper analyzes some of the implications of North American labor market integration for fiscal policy. The economies of Canada and the US are both characterized by highly integrated internal markets for goods and services as well as for labor and capital, and subnational governments in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076579
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Turkiye'nin dunya ekonomisine entegrasyon sureci ( The integration process of Turkey into the world economy) (IN TURKISH)
HALICIOGLU, Ferda - EconWPA - 2005
This study brifly looks into the process of Turkey into the world economy and concludes that this process has been accelareted in the 1990s.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124899
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Time preference, productivity, and the growth effects of integration
Frenkel, Michael; Trauth, Thomas - EconWPA - 1996
Traditional trade theory emphasizes static gains form trade, whereas the growing literature on endogenous growth is able to explain dynamic gains from trade, i.e., how trade influences economic growth. Empirical studies suggest that dynamic gains are likely to be significantly more important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062653
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Economic Integration and Trade Competitiveness in Latin America
Rajagopal - EconWPA - 2004
There are large differences in gross domestic products by sectors among Latin American countries, and the majority of these differences are due to the value of industrial and service sectors. The structural reforms in countries of Latin America has broadly focused in the five major areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412691
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An Econometric Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment Flows into Turkey from Major Global Regions: 1975-1999
Halicioglu, Ferda - EconWPA - 2005
This paper analyses the determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Turkey from four major geographical regions and at aggregate level with a special emphasis on Turkey’s application to the European Union (EU) to become a full member in 1987. In contrast to previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556456
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Economic Geography and the Fiscal Effects of Regional Integration
Ludema, Rodney D.; Wooton, Ian - EconWPA - 1998
In models of economic geography, plant-level scale economies and trade costs create incentives for spatial agglomeration of production into a manufacturing core and agricultural periphery, creating regional income differentials. We examine tax competition between national governments to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556493
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REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: THE CANADA-U.S. EXPERIENCE
GLOBERMAN, STEVEN - EconWPA - 2004
This paper assesses the nature and degree of bilateral economic integration preceding and following the implementation of the Canada- U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA). Various price-based and quantity- based indicators of economic integration are assessed. Results vary depending upon the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556663